Education/Formal Training Requirements Required - High School Diploma or Equivalent Work Experience Requirements Preferred - No prior work experience Licenses and Certifications Requirements Required - Certified Pharmacy Technician - Pharmacy Technician Certification Board Required - Pharmacy Technician - Tennessee - Tennessee Board of Pharmacy Preferred - Certified Pharmacy Technician- ExCPT - National Healthcareer Association Preferred - Pharmacy Technician - Mississippi - Mississippi Board of Pharmacy Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Mathematical skills to perform routine pharmaceutical calculations which include adding, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; computes rate, ratios, and percents. The Associate is required to have close visual acuity including color, depth perception, and field of vision to perform an activity, such as assessing patients, preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; or extensive reading.